Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX APO RF HSM 35mm Zoom
Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX APO RF HSM 35mm Zoom
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[Jul 24, 2002]
Benny
Intermediate
Strength:
Great optics Manual Focus is extremly smooth Solidly Built Fast silent focus, really silent!!!
Weakness:
Heavy Zoom is very very stiff at first I recently purchased this lens from bigapplephoto. It is extremly solid and durable. The manual focus override is very smoothe. The optics are great but the filter size is huge, and an 86mm polarizer costs 100.00! The only problem is that the zoom is extremly stiff. At first a couldn't even turn it at all without turning the camera upside down. It gets better with more use though. Also the lens is very heavy but all lenses that are 500 mm are. Great lens! Customer Service no Similar Products Used: Tamron 75-300mm LD |
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[Jun 28, 2002]
Kent
Intermediate
Strength:
Unbelievable sharpness Nice contrast Great zoom range Built like a tank The price is right!
Weakness:
Weight Uses 86mm filters $$$$$ Weight Tripod mount Weight Just got first 2 rolls of Kodak Royal Gold 200 developed. WOW, I am amazed. Razor sharp, great color balance, and excellent contrast even wide open at 500mm. Focuses as fast and almost as quiet as Canon USM lenses. Image quality beats the USM 100-300mm hands down. I also have a Sigma 135-400mm and this lens is 10 times sharper. Has a zoom lock. Also has full time manual focus. Focus feel and action is much improved over previous models. This lens is very well made which also means it is very big and heavy (4Lbs). Hand holding is a workout. Use of a monopod or tripod is almost manditory. The tripod mount feels slightly cheap and does not work as smoothly as others I've used. For those of us who can't afford to pop for the Canon 100-400mmL IS this lens is a great alternative. The Sigma's extra little bit of range comes in handy also! Customer Service Unknown Similar Products Used: Sigma 135-400mm Canon 100-300mm USM |
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[Oct 08, 2001]
swilkes
Intermediate
Strength:
built like a tank, excellent optics, seems to be OK with a 2x converter, I use the kenko 7 elemnt -has anyone experience with the sigma 2x EX ????please e-mail me.perfect hood works well. Works OK with Dynax 7 -my sigma 28-70 EX had to be modified to work with this camera !
Weakness:
needs a monopod minimum to stabilise it, lens creeps forwards if inverted. 86mm circa pola = #125 uk More praise for this lens, if it was a bit lighter, or I was a bit stronger I would only carry a 17-35 to go with it in my bag. See my recent pics with focal length details at : http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=933325&a=13804879 Customer Service not needed Similar Products Used: minolta 75-300 consumer- not even near the sigma ball park. |
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[Sep 17, 2000]
David A. Thompson
Casual
Strength:
Lens lock, the MF to AF collar, speed of the auto focus! Feel like a pro lens at half the cost and covers eveything from 50 to 500.
Weakness:
That it is a 86C lens, high dollars for filters, other than that none, other than everyone who see's you will want to start a 10 minutes conversation about your lens! Expect major lens envy for most others! I have a tamron 28-105 and a Tamron 100-300 before I purchased the lens. I love this lens no more changing back and forth, now I just shoot shoot shoot all day long! I have some produced some fantastic pics with this lens, and to my suprise the nighttime shots are as good if not better than the daytime shots I take. I am now a true believer in Sigma, my next lens will be the 180 Macro! Customer Service Great! Similar Products Used: Tamron, Cannon, Nikon, Pentax |
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[Nov 06, 2000]
stupid moron
Beginner
Strength:
50-500mm zoom range
Weakness:
corners of the image can look darker than the rest of the frame. For once Sigma hasn't aped a nikon / canon lens and has produced something quite cool - this is a great lens to impress friends and relatives. Customer Service not used Similar Products Used: none |
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[Dec 07, 2000]
steve wilkes
Intermediate
Strength:
incredible zoom range,
Weakness:
zooming back horizontally can be stiff-you need to invert the lens slightly to assist it, idosynchratic 'perfect hood' and of course 86mm filters -we are into cokin x-pro territory here ££££££ If you can afford it -buy it- if not get closer to your subject. Work on your biceps and it may be the only lens you want to use. Also won TIPA award recently for best lens 2000. Customer Service not needed Similar Products Used: minolta 100-300 with x2 converter- flare prone and awfully contrasty as to be of no use. |
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[Jan 08, 2001]
Artist Photographer
Expert
Strength:
10X Zoom
Weakness:
Weight, heavy for travel light. I use this lens on Nikon D1. With 1.5X factor, it gives me 75-750mm, F.4.5-6.3 under $1,000. Even with a 2X teleconverter, it turns out to be a truly 200-1000mm F/10-12 (300-1500mm on D1). How much you could expect to get at this focal length with any brand available? Even though it's heavy for travel, but consider this: if you setup a tripod with this lens in a single spot, you won't move a inch but you can get many different shots and composition just because its super long zoom range. Customer Service None needed Similar Products Used: Nikon AF-S 80-200 F/2.8 |
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[Feb 12, 2001]
Duane Long
Professional
Strength:
smooth focus,ability to adjust manually even while in autofocus mode,sharp,not as heavy as I would have thought however a monopod is really best for use.
Weakness:
none This is an incredible lens! The range is great. 50-500 being just numbers, one does not realize how much you can accomplish with that range until you see what it is doing through the viewfinder. Very good balance and it looks cool too. I use 200 or 400 Fuji Superia film and the action shots are nice. Customer Service not needed yet Similar Products Used: 80-200 Sigma 75-300 Sigma |
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[Feb 18, 2001]
Russell Nokes
Expert
Strength:
this lens is a great and sharp.plus full time manul focus is a must.
Weakness:
is a tank so it weighs just as much.and the fstop is to slow. IF you must only take one lens buy this one. Customer Service none Similar Products Used: canon 75-300, |
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[Mar 12, 2001]
Karoly Kecskemeti
Intermediate
Strength:
* 50-500 mm
Weakness:
* Heavy This is a VERY good lens. For such amount of money this is the best you can get. Of course you need a tripod and some workout to carry this baby around the country. Customer Service Not used Similar Products Used: Nikon AF-D ED 70-300 |